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What Do You Say When . . .

Florence Isaacs · 2009
68/100
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Florence Isaacs covers the full social landscape — parties, job interviews, hard conversations — with practical scripts that actually give you something to say. Publishers Weekly noticed it, and that's credible signal. The trouble is that naturally sociable readers will find most of this obvious, and the advice doesn't go deep enough to help in truly high-stakes situations. A useful reference, not a transformative read.

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safety92
substance65
craft68
originality58
accuracy72
hype60
age-fit82
human-eye65
Penny’s verdict68
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